Barrett Fieldcraft

[LoonWulf]

Craig Boddington writing for American Rifleman recorded the following, average of five five-shot groups:

Hornady 168 gr ELD-M—1.58"
Barnes VOR-TX 150 gr TTSX—1.40"
Winchester 150 gr Power Core—2.47"

Certainly the review that was referred to. Just one test, though.

Ahh thanks, I thought maybe it was missing it elsewhere in the g&a article.

 

[greg_r]

Been an interesting thread. Most here seem to be negative about the Barrett Fieldcraft, which surprises me. I thought it would get rave reviews if for no more reconition than name reconition. It generally gets good reviews, the worst being the one mentioned earlier by Craig Boddington. I cast a skeptical glance at that one though, partly because he seemed ill prepaired, partly because I question if he had everything torqued down properly, he admitted he did not with the scope screws, how about the action screws?

The Barrett comes close to what I want in a 308. Granted, I prefer a floor plate and a 3 position safety. The Ruger Laminate Compact would already be in my safe if it had another inch of length of pull and another inch and a half of barrel. That's exactly what I want.

 

[rbernie]

Of all of the mentioned alternatives - I'd take a Kimber.

 

[greg_r]

My brother is a Kimber fan. The rifle has feeding issues and is not very accurate. The 1911 is accurate but prone to jam. The 22 conversion works very well though.

 

[greyling22]

Goosey, That's the one, thanks.

 

[Llama Bob]

The best light hunting rifle I've found to date was a M70 Featherweight in .264WM. But it's heavy compared to the Barrett though.

My Kimber 7mm-08, I thought I had it shooting OK, but I think I fooled myself. No one has been able to get any kind of consistent groups out of it (no, it's not that we all can't shoot). There have been a few "lucky" groups.

 

[edapp]

Not sure if you are still considering the Barrett or not, but I love mine in 6.5 CM. Picked it up used for a great price, and after figuring out what factory ammo it likes, It shoots extremely well. I have never been much of a small group shooter, and with this light of a rifle I was a little nervous about my ability to shoot it well. I have been extremely pleased.

Shot this five shot group this morning with hornady precision hunter 143 grain eld-x. 100 yards.

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• edapp
• Aug 25, 2018

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• edapp
• Aug 25, 2018

Sure there are plenty of accurate rifles out there, but the quality of this one is obvious when you pick it up. I posted some other pictures in a separate thread a little while back.
If you get it, I don't think you'll regret it.